Re: [PATCH 2/8] serial: core, 8250: set RS485 termination gpio in serial core

From: Lino Sanfilippo
Date: Wed Jun 22 2022 - 22:04:16 EST


On 22.06.22 at 19:06, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 22, 2022 at 05:46:53PM +0200, Lino Sanfilippo wrote:
>> From: Lino Sanfilippo <l.sanfilippo@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> In serial8250_em485_config() the termination GPIO is set with the uart_port
>> spinlock held. This is an issue if setting the GPIO line can sleep (e.g.
>> since the concerning GPIO expander is connected via SPI or I2C).
>>
>> Fix this by setting the termination line outside of the uart_port spinlock
>> in the serial core.
>
> This doesn't describe that this patch is actually changing GPIO to support
> sleep mode. So, it doesn't fix anything. Please rephrase the commit message
> accordingly.

Good point, I will adjust the commit message in the next version.

>> This also makes setting the termination GPIO generic for all uart drivers.
>
> UART
>

Right, upper letters should be used.

Thanks a lot for the review!

Regards,
Lino